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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.

ădulmulk.

[SEPT. 6, 1872.

Compounds with “daulah,” which

on appointment, a golden penbox or a golden

had been in common use under the Khalifahs

inkstand. The Khánkhānān also, as commander of the emperor's contingent, i. e. the standing

and the Ghaznawis, and later with the Dak’hin

kings, were revived by Jahāngir, who dignified his father-in-law Ghiás Beg, father of Nur Ja hán, with the title of I'timād uddaulah, and by Sháhjahán who gave the father of Mumtaz Mahall the title of Yamin uddaulah. In the 18th

century, however, compounds with “daulah' be came common. In general, the titles became high sounding when the emperors had become pup pets and derived an unexpected revenue from the sale of titles both personal and indicative of duties that were never to be performed, or from presentations at court and the bestowal of coats made of sprigged calico as dresses of honour. The power of conferring honours, and the general belief that only the Emperor of Dihli could confer them, remained for years after the last silver-plating of the audience hall and of the throne itself had been put into the melting pot; the E. I. Company reigned and coined in the name of the “great Mogol;’ the Nawāb Va zirs of Audh did not dare, before 1819, to as sume the title of Pádishaſh; and till within the

army, received insignia. What they were is not quite certain; but flags of a peculiar kind formed part of them. All insignia were re turned to the Emperor on death or dismissal. I now proceed to the biography of— WAZIR KHAN HAKIM ALIM UDDIN.

He was born at Ch in i o t, in the Rachná

Duáb,f a town to whose Shaikhzādahs the re nowned Sa'dullah Khān also belonged. muddin entered the service of

Ali

Prince Shāh

jahán as a doctor, but he was often in civil employ and accompanied the prince in the war with the Ráná.

He was the constant attendant

of his master, even during his rebellion, and assisted him with 10 or 12 lakhs of rupees of his

own property. When Sháhjahán stayed at Janer, he was treasurer to the prince, and was, after Mahábat Khán, the most influential officer.

On Shahjahān's accession, he was made a com mander of 5,000, received a flag and a kettle drum, and one lakh of rupees as a present. In

the 5th year of the reign, he received the title of

last ten years, or even now, some independent rulers coin in the name of Shāh ’Alam. Another class of titles may be mentioned. Jahāngir introduced compound adjectives ending in jang as Firüzjang, Nuçratjang, Haibatjang, Mahābatjang,” &c., which were placed after the principal title. These additions, also, became

from Burhānpur upon Daulatābād; but as Fath Khán, the governor, sent to him his eldest son with the peshkash, which Fath Khán had hesi tated to pay, Wazir Khān returned to court. He was now appointed governor of the Panjāb,

common in the 18th century, and were often as sumed. Thus in the early (Bengal) history of

14th year of Sháhjahán's reign, he was appoint

the F. I. Company, we hear of Colonel Clive Bahádur Galábatjang,f and Mr. Verelst, Mons. Las, and other distinguished Europeans were similarly honoured. Turkish titles as Tarkhán, and Ulugh Khán and Afghān titles, as Ulugh Majlis, Majlis-i-Ikh

tiár, Majlis ulmajális, Masnad i 'Ali, &c., disap peared entirely under the Mughul emperors. The ‘Malik ulumará, or principal grandee of the courts of the early Dihli kings became, under the Mughuls, the “Amir ulumará, and the title

was, after the reign of Akbar, generally given to the Khánkhánáns.

The right of displaying a flag and beating the kettledrum (naqqārah) was as much valued as

a title.

Wazirs, or Diwāns generally received

Vazir Khān, and marched with 10,000 horse

an office which he held for seven years.

In the

ed Gubahdār, of Agrah. He held this office for ten months, when he died (21st Jumáda I. 1051, or 18th August 1641, A. D.) It is said that a short time before his death, on passing one day into Agrah over the Hatiãpul Bridge, his horse fell. The fright seems to have proved injurious to him, for on his return home he made an inventory of his property and sent it to the

Emperor to whom, according to custom, the property of every Amir lapsed. He died imme diately afterwards.

He is said to have been simple in his mode of living and in dress ; his faithfulness towards his master was proverbial. “Loyalty and piety,” he used to say, “are twin sisters.”

Vazir Khán's name is well known up to the present day in Láh or and Chiniot. In Láhor,


 * Meaning either victorious, or dreadful in war.

Duáb, (3) Rachná Duáb ; (4) Chanhat Duáb. These names

f 1. e. hard in war.

were invented to indicate the rivers which bound the Duábs; thus Bisat stands for Biah and Satlaj: Bari for Bith and Raiwi : Rachnā for Rawi and Chanab ; Chanhat for Chand5

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† The Duábs of the Panjāb are said to have been called by Akbar, (1) Biat Jálandhar or Bisat Jálandhar ; (2) Bäri

and Bahat.